Appointments & Nominations, March 3, 1982

Appointment of the Chairman, Director, and Deputy Director of the Private Sector Survey on
Cost Control

March 3, 1982

The President today appointed J. Peter Grace as Chairman of the Private Sector Survey on Cost
Control in the Federal Government.

Mr. Grace is chairman and chief executive officer of W. R. Grace and Co., an international
chemical company founded more than a century ago. He joined W. R. Grace and Co. following
his graduation from Yale University, holding the positions of secretary, director, vice president,
president, and chief executive officer. He was elected to his present position in May 1981.

Throughout his career, he has been associated with numerous business organizations, public
service groups, and educational institutions. He is a director of Citicorp and Citibank; Kennecott
Corp.; Ingersoll-Rand Co.; Stone and Webster, Inc.; Brascan, Ltd.; Milliken and Co.; and
Omnicars, Inc. He is also a trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. and chairman of the
board and director of Chemed Corp.

Mr. Grace's professional memberships include the Council on Foreign Relations, the Emergency
Committee for American Trade (founding member), the Development Committee of the National
Bureau of Economic Research, the International Center for Economic Research, the International
Center for Economic Policy Studies (director), the United States Council of the International
Chamber of Commerce (trustee), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (director), and the Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty Fund, Inc. (chairman).

He is a trustee of the University of Notre Dame, member-trustee and president of Grace Institute,
treasurer and trustee of the National Jewish Hospital and Research Center/National Asthma
Center, and president and director of the Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of New
York. He has been awarded honorary degrees by 11 institutions of higher learning and has been
decorated by the Governments of Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru for his services to
those nations. Mr. Grace is president and a member of the board of founders of the American
Association of Master Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a knight Grand Cross of
the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, and a member of the Cardinal's
Committee of the Laity.

Mr. Grace is the recipient of numerous awards and honors from professional, educational, and
religious organizations. He was born in Manhasset, Long Island, in 1913, and resides on Long
Island, N.Y.

The President also appointed James W. Nance as Director and Janet Colson as Deputy Director
of the Private Sector Survey.

Nomination of Selwa Roosevelt To Have the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as Chief of
Protocol for the White House

March 3, 1982

The President announced today that Selwa Roosevelt will serve as Chief of Protocol for the White
House and will be nominated to have the rank of Ambassador while so serving. She will succeed
Leonore Annenberg, who has resigned.

A Washington hostess and journalist, Mrs. Roosevelt is married to Archibald Roosevelt, Jr., a
grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.

She is a graduate of Vassar College, class of 1950, and took her degree with honors in
international relations. In Washington in the 1950's she wrote a column for the Washington Star
called ``Diplomatically Speaking,'' in which she covered the State Department, the diplomatic
corps, and official and state visits of dignitaries from all over the world.

She interrupted her own career to accompany her husband on various diplomatic missions
overseas. She has resided in Istanbul, Turkey (1951 - 1953); in Madrid, Spain (1958 - 1961); and
in London, England (1962 - 1967). In 1961 Mrs. Roosevelt was a special assistant to the head of
the National Cultural Center, which later became the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.

Since 1967 Mrs. Roosevelt has lived in Washington continuously and worked as a freelance writer
for the Washington Post. In addition, her articles have appeared in many magazines, among them
the Family Circle, McCall's, and Town & Country. She became a contributing editor of Town &
Country 3 years ago. From time to time, Mrs. Roosevelt has written about the art and significance
of entertaining, especially in Washington. Her journalistic assignments have taken her to many
countries in Europe, South America, North Africa, and the Middle East. She speaks fluent
Spanish and has studied French.

Mrs. Roosevelt has served on the citizens' advisory board of Duke University Comprehensive
Cancer Center for the past 6 years and has written a number of medical articles, particularly about
cancer and cancer research. Recently she was invited to join the board of the American-Italian
Foundation for Cancer Research.

Her special Washington interests are the Folger Shakespeare Library, where she serves on the
council, and the Children's Hearing and Speech Center (of Children's Hospital), where she was a
board member for many years.

Born January 13, 1929, in Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. Roosevelt lived there until her marriage in
1950. She and her husband reside in Washington, where he is a director of international relations
for the Chase Manhattan Bank.

Appointment of M. E. Bradford as a Member of the Board of Foreign Scholarships

March 3, 1982

The President today announced his intention to appoint Dr. M. E. Bradford to be a member of the
Board of Foreign Scholarships for a term expiring September 22, 1984. He would succeed Alfred
Stern.

Dr. Bradford is currently professor, English department, at the University of Dallas, where he has
been teaching since 1967. He was assistant professor of English, Northwestern State University of
Louisiana, in 1964 - 1967. He was assistant and associate professor of English at
Hardin-Simmons University in 1962 - 1964 and taught English at Vanderbilt University in 1959 -
1962.

He graduated from the University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1955; M.A., 1956) and Vanderbilt
University (Ph. D., 1968). He is married, has one child, and resides in Irving, Tex. He was born
May 8, 1934.

Appointment of Six Members of the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped

March 3, 1982

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following persons to be members of
the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped.

Martin A. Adler, 57, is the director of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths
and Adults. He resides in Pomona, N.Y. He would succeed Jansen Noyes for a term expiring
December 21, 1986.

George A. Conn, 48, is Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services at the Department of Education.
He resides in Millersville, Md.